ITEM DEX

Moon Stone

Moon Stone

DE: Mondstein · Cost: 3000 ₽

Moon Stone evolves six Kanto Pokémon, including both Nidoran lines. In FireRed/LeafGreen you find it early on Mt. Moon and at two more spots.

EFFECT

What does the item do?

Evolves certain species of Pokémon. A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as black as the night sky.

LOCATIONS — FIRERED/LEAFGREEN

Where do I find it?

Mt. MoonB2F — crater room ×2ITEM BALLCeladon CityRocket Hideout — B2F, spin-tile maze (below the Game Corner)ITEM BALLCinnabar IslandPokémon Mansion — 1F, hidden in a rock (Itemfinder)HIDDEN

Locations are FRLG field finds only, not shops or Sevii.

Locations from our Kanto dataset (FireRed/LeafGreen) — click straight through to the spot on the interactive map.

EVOLUTION

Which Pokémon does Moon Stone evolve?

Nidorina — Gen V (2010) spriteNidorinaNidorino — Gen V (2010) spriteNidorinoClefairy — Gen V (2010) spriteClefairyJigglypuff — Gen V (2010) spriteJigglypuffSkitty — Gen V (2010) spriteSkittyMunna — Gen V (2010) spriteMunna

Use the stone and the evolution starts immediately — careful: some Pokémon stop learning new level-up moves after a stone evolution.

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Q&A

Instant evolution, and it arrives early in the game. Nidorina and Nidorino become Nidoqueen and Nidoking, both with a huge TM movepool. Clefairy and Jigglypuff also evolve, and later games add Skitty and Munna. Mt. Moon delivers the stones before the second gym, which makes Nidoking and Nidoqueen some of the strongest early investments in any run. As usual, stone evolutions learn few level-up moves afterwards.

In FireRed/LeafGreen you can find Moon Stone here: Mt. Moon and Celadon City and Cinnabar Island. Mt. Moon holds two stones in the crater room, with more in the Rocket Hideout under the Game Corner and hidden in the Pokémon Mansion on Cinnabar Island. The hidden one needs the Itemfinder. The stone is not sold in FireRed/LeafGreen.

The earliest big power boost in a run. Nidoking and Nidoqueen carry half a team through the game with their movepool, and you reach the stones before gym two. Clefairy and Jigglypuff are more of a collector's project. Anyone starting with a Nidoran should not skip Mt. Moon.

These Pokémon evolve via Moon Stone: Nidorina, Nidorino, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Skitty, Munna